Serum levels of excitatory amino acids, serine, glycine, histidine, threonine, taurine, alanine and arginine in treatment-resistant depression: Modulation by treatment with antidepressants and prediction of clinical responsivity

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 302-308

  Maes, M ^a,b,c   Verkerk, R ^c   Vandoolaeghe, E ^a   Lin, A ^a,c   Scharpe S ^b  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Fluoxetine; Serotonin; Trazodone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; FLUOXETINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; PINDOLOL; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031959460     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10004.x     Document Type: Article

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